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230 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2003. Last article published on 20/03/2025.

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)

Episode 74: Crossing (Sweden/ Denmark/France/Turkey/Georgia)

The producers of the film by Levan Akin are invited to speak about their collaboration and the financing of their movie, which has received Eurimages support  

20/03 | The Co-production Podcast

Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante

Interview: Cağla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti • Directors of Confidante

"Our main character is like Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights — she has to tell stories to survive"

BERLINALE 2025: The Turkish-French directing duo discuss their new film, which follows a woman working in an erotic call centre who is suddenly trying to save someone after an earthquake  

26/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Review: Confidante

Review: Confidante

BERLINALE 2025: Çağla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti deliver a punchy and audacious huis clos about the condition of women in Turkey  

17/02 | Berlinale 2025 | Panorama

Deadline approaching for 12 Punto’s call for applications

Deadline approaching for 12 Punto’s call for applications

Turkey's largest script development and co-production platform is accepting applications from both Turkish and international filmmakers until 12 February  

05/02 | 12 Punto 2025

Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

Interview: Alireza Khatami • Director of The Things You Kill

“I wanted to break away from this cliché that every time you have to reflect, you have to go to a confined, dark space”

The Canadian-based Iranian director speaks to us about his cast, the emotional challenges he faced in making the film and his production process  

28/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Things You Kill

Review: The Things You Kill

Under the veil of an engrossing family thriller, full of lies and enigmas, Alireza Khatami explores in depth the mechanisms of transmission of male violence  

27/01 | Sundance 2025 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Serhat Karaaslan, Laure Dahout • Director and producer of The Criminals

Interview: Serhat Karaaslan, Laure Dahout • Director and producer of The Criminals

"It's about today's Turkey, but at same time about love and desire, and people can identify with it easily"

The Turkish director and his French producer talk about their project of a social realistic thriller which won the Eurimages Award at the 17th TFL Meeting Event  

27/11/2024 | TorinoFilmLab 2024

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

Interview: Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

"I tried to show how brutal a man's world can be without women in a rural area of Turkey"

The Turkish filmmaker discusses his new feature, a daring boy's journey against the cruel entanglements of deception and disabilities of the adult world  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: The House with No Address

Review: The House with No Address

Тhe exaggerated reality of Hatice Aşkın's highly stylised debut, a dystopian thriller, makes one wonder about the levels that public surveillance and cancel culture can reach  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: Empire of the Rabbits

Review: Empire of the Rabbits

A boy growing up in extreme poverty defies his father and the whole corrupt system in Turkish filmmaker Seyfettin Tokmak's new feature  

15/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

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